A TREAT

FYI check out this spot for the history of Halloween and read some classic spooky stories. For the kids in your family check out this link for some fun activities. Come on over to see a HUGE pumpkin over 1000 lbs! Or check out this link and scroll down to read the short "Pumpkin". My favorite is Fall Prayer. And now....

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SHORT LITANY FOR THE SOULS IN PURGATORY

The just shall be in everlasting remembrance;

He shall not fear the evil hearing.

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V. Absolve, O Lord, the souls of the faithful departed from every bond of sin,

R. And by the help of Thy grace may they be enabled to escape the avenging judgment,

and to enjoy the happiness of eternal life.

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Because in Thy mercy are deposited the souls that departed in an inferior degree of grace,

Lord, have mercy.

Because their present suffering is greatest in the knowledge of the pain that their separation from Thee is causing Thee,

Lord, have mercy.

Because of their present inablility to add to Thy accidental glory, etc.

Not for our consolation, O Lord; not for their release from purgative pain, O God; but for Thy joy and the greater accidental honor of Thy throne, O Christ the King,

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For the souls of our departed friends, relations and benefactors, grant light and peace, O Lord.

For those of our family who have fallen asleep in Thy bosom, O Jesus, grant light and peace, O Lord.

For those who have gone to prepare our place, etc.

(For those who were our brothers [or sisters] in Religion.)

For priests who were our spiritual directors,

For men or women who were our teachers in school,

For those who were our employers (or employees),

For those who were our associates in daily toil,

For any soul whom we ever offended,

For our enemies now departed,

For those souls who have none to pray for them,

For those forgotten by their friends and kin,

For those now suffering the most,

For those who have acquired the most merit,

For the souls next to be released from Purgatory,

For those who, while on earth, were most devoted to God the Holy Ghost, to Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament, to the holy Mother of God.

For all deceased popes and prelates,

For all deceased priests, seminarians and religious,

For all our brethren in the Faith everywhere,

For all our separated brethren who deeply loved Thee, and would have come into Thy household had they known the truth,

For those souls who need, or in life asked, our prayers,

For those, closer to Thee than we are, whose prayers we need,

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That those may be happy with Thee forever who on earth were true exemplares of the Catholic Faith, grant them eternal rest, O Lord.

That those may be admitted to Thine unveiled Presence, who as far as we know never committed mortal sin, grant them eternal rest, O Lord.

That those may be housed in glory, who lived always in recollection and prayer, etc.

That those may be given the celestial joy of beholding Thee, who lived lives of mortification and self-denial and penance,

That those may be flooded with Thy love, who denied themselves even Thy favors of indulgence and who made the heroic act for the souls who had gone before them,

That those may be drawn up to the Beatific Vision, who never put obstacles in the way of sanctifying grace and who ever drew closer in mystical union with Thee,

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V. Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord,

R. And let perpetual light shine upon them.

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Let Us Pray

Be mindful, O Lord, of Thy servants and handmaids,N. and N., who are gone before us with the sign of faith and repose in the sleep of grace. To these, O Lord, and to all who rest in Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, a place of refreshment, light and peace, through the same Christ Our Lord. R. Amen.